Ball-and-socket fastener.



No. 67l,l96. Patented Apr. 2, l90l.

A. F. RAYMOND.

BALL-AND SOCKET FASTENER.

Application filed Dec. 21, 1599.)

(No Model.)

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AOHILLE FRANCOIS RAYMOND, OF GRENOBLE, FRANCE.

BALL- -AND-SOCKET FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,196, dated April 2, 190] Application filed December 21, 1899. Serial No. 741.198. (No model.)

To M7, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AOHILLE FRAN OIS RAYMOND, a citizen of theRepublic of France, and a resident of Grenoble, Isere, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvemen ts in Ball-andSocket Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of spring button-fastenings such as are employed on gloves, boxes, coflins, albums, portfolios, and on leather-covered articles in general.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description and the accompanying drawings, which illustrate embodiments of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of the shell or cap member of the fastening in course of fastening to the material. Fig. 2 is a section of the finished member of the fastening. Fig. 3 shows the fastening in situ in section, with the button in place therein.

This fastening device belongs to theclass which comprises a button member of somewhat rounded shape fixed on one part of the article and a cap or shell member fixed on the other part of the article. The cap is snapped down over the button to effect the fastening.

Referring to the principal views, a represents a cap or shell, usually of metal, and b an internal securing'eyelet, which enters the open shell and is expanded therein. This eyelet has a flange a formed on it.

(1 is the lining of the glove or otherarticle, and e is the leather or-body fabric of the article. The cap or shell on is under or inside of the leather (2, and the latter covers the shell integrally, being uncut and gathered about the contracted neck or base of the shell and held in place smoothly by a ring f, preferably of metal. This ring d raws the fabric smoothly over the shell.

Fig. 1 shows a convenient means for setting the shell aud ring in the article. In this view g is the lower and h the upper member of a pair of dies. The eyelet b rests with its flange c on the lower die g, and on this flange rests the apertured lining e. The shell CL is placed on the eyelet above the lining.- The fabric of the article is placed over the shell andthe ring f put in place exterior to both. When the member h of the die is pressed down, the parts assume the position seen in Fig. 2. The eyelet is expanded in the shell, the latter is expanded laterally above the ring f, and the ring and the shell flattened. The ring draws the fabric smoothly over the shell and imparts a finish, and the body fabric and lining are brought together and clamped between the ring f and flange c. It will be noted that the leatherorouter covering material of the article is not out or apertured in any way, but that the part which covers the shell is integral with the body material of the article. The shell thus firmly fixed in place, as seen in Fig. 2, is ready to receive the button, which forms the other element of the spring-fastening. This button m is seen in place in the shell in Fig. 3. The button will have or may havesufflcient lateral springiness or elasticity to retain its hold in the shell when the latter is pressed or snapped down over it in the way now well known with such fastenings.

The construction described is especially well adapted for use with leather goods, as the leather draws smoothly over the shell.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A member for a spring-fastening for gloves and other articles, comprising a shell on the under or inner side of the body fabric of the article, said shell being laterally expanded, a ring exterior to the body fabric and embracing the latter and the contracted or non-expanded base of the shell, and a flanged, expansible eyelet adapted for securing the shell in place, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the integral fabric e, of the shell a, laterally expanded and under said fabric, the ring f, embracing the fabric and the contracted portion of said shell, and the eyelet b, expanded in the shell and having a flange c which clampsthe material or fabric against the ring f, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 4th day of December, 1899, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AGHILLE FRANQOIS RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

ALFRED MUDoN, HIPPOLYTE J. BOUCHOYER. 

